Virginia, 1590, Pomeiooc Village, John White, Thomas Hariot, De Bry, Engraving, Fine Art Print (I)

A 1590 engraving The Towne of Pomeiooc by Theodor de Bry, after John White’s 1585 watercolor Indian Village of Pomeiooc. The illustration was first published in de Bry’s 1590 Latin edition of Thomas Harriot’s 1588 booklet A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia. Interestingly enough, Hariots’ book was originally written in Latin as well, and translated into English later, as was customary at the time. The English translation was done by Hariot’s friend from Oxford Richard Hakluyt (the younger). De Bry’s 1590 edition of the report was published in four languages and included John White’s watercolors from the time White and Hariot spent in the New World. The illustrations were annotated by Thomas Hariot and engraved by De Bry himself, who was captivated by White’s beautiful drawings. The village of Pomeiooc (Pomeiock) was a Native America settlement, designated on de Bry’s map of Virginia, Americae Pars Nunc Virginia Dicta, between today’s Wyesocking Bay and Lake Landi